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xiii The Contributors Andrew Tan is an Associate Professor at the School of Social Sciences and International Studies, University of New South Wales. He has taught various courses, including in the Masters programme in Defence Studies at King’s College London (University of London), part of the renowned Defence Studies Group of leading experts on defence, based at the Joint Services Command and Staff College (JSCSC), Britain’s only joint military staff college. Prior to this, he taught in Singapore at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (now the Rajaratnam School of International Studies) in its Masters programme in Strategic Studies. At UNSW, he headed the International Studies programme at its Singapore campus (now closed) before being relocated to the Kensington campus. He now works under UNSW’s Strategic Priority Fund and is also Convenor for International Studies in the Faculty of Arts. His research interests are in strategic studies, particularly the areas of terrorism, insurgency, defence, and strategic issues. He has also written on defence studies, broader Asia-Pacific security issues, and on international security. His most recent books have focused on terrorism in Southeast Asia and the nature of maritime power. His forthcoming books are on U.S. counter-terrorism strategy since 9/11 and the global arms trade. He has co-edited or is sole author of twelve books and many articles. Education: PhD (University of Sydney), M. Phil. (Cambridge University), B. Soc. Sc. (Hons) (NUS), BA (NUS). E-mail: andrew.tan@unsw.edu.au N.A. Orcullo, Jr. is Professor at the College of Business Administration, De La Salle University-Dasmariñas, Cavite, the Philippines. He is an agricultural engineer with a PhD in management. He has been actively engaged in research in the areas of management education, energy policy, renewable 00 Energy Issues Prelims 7/12/10, 3:50 PM 13 xiv xiv The Contributors energy technologies, and environment management. He was previously affiliated with the Philippines Department of Energy for over a decade. He has been a consultant to the Bangkok-based United Nations ESCAP under its Regional Energy Development Programme and a research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) as well as at a number of academic institutions in the Philippines. He has also acted as a consultant to private organizations. He is a member of the APEC Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy Technologies (APEC/EGNRET) and a UNESCO expert on renewable energy. He has over thirty years of professional work experience in the government sector, as well as in international community and academic institutions. Several of his works have been published, including four books. E-mail: my_eclass_professor@yahoo.com.ph Djatnika S. Puradinata is President Director of PT Medco Methanol Bunyu, Indonesia. He has held this post since 2001. MMB was established in 1997 as part of the Medco Group’s participation in the downstream oil and gas industry in Indonesia. The company operates the methanol plant in Bunyu Island, East Kalimantan, which was set up on a KSO (Kerja Sama Operasi: Joint Operation) scheme with Pertamina — Indonesia’s national oil company — for twenty years starting from April 1997. Mr Djatnika graduated with a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in 1976, and received a Masters in Development Studies in the field of Management and Planning in 1998. He started his career in 1976 in the fertilizer industry, eventually holding the positions of Expert for the President Director of PT Pupuk Kujang (1999–2001). E-mail: djatnika@medcoenergi.com Pou Sothirak is Visiting Senior Research Fellow at ISEAS. Pou Sothirak received his secondary education in France from 1973–75, and later settled in America from 1975–1986. He received a Bachelor Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Oregon State University in 1981 and worked as an engineer at the Boeing Company in Seattle, Washington, from 1981 to 1985. He joined the crusade to safeguard Cambodia from foreign occupation and internal conflict from 1986–92, serving as Humanitarian Coordinator at a refugee camp on the Thai-Cambodian border. He also worked in the fields of education and community development for Cambodian refugees under an USAID programme. He was elected as Member of Parliament twice during the general elections in Cambodia of 1993 and 2003. He served as Cambodian Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy from 1993 to 1998. He was appointed 00 Energy Issues Prelims 7/12/10, 3:50 PM 14 [3.129.13.201] Project MUSE (2024-04...

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